Sentences with 'overseer'
Example sentences and phrases with the word overseer and other words derived from it.
• « Corporal punishment of both children and adults was common in factories; when abuses were more extreme, children sometimes died as a result of injuries sustained at the hands of an overseer. »
• « An overseer or master measured the daily performance of each slave. There was great pressure to meet the expected daily quantity, and some masters whipped slaves who picked less than expected. »